Transcriber’s Note Italic text displayed as: _italic_ DEEDS OF HEROISM AND BRAVERY [Illustration: Decoration] [Illustration: By J. F. Bouchor Honor to the Brave] DEEDS OF HEROISM AND BRAVERY _The Book of Heroes and Personal Daring_ INTRODUCTION BY RUPERT HUGHES EDITED BY ELWYN A. BARRON _Profusely Illustrated_ [Illustration: Decoration] HARPER & BROTHERS PUBLISHERS NEW YORK AND LONDON Established 1817 DEEDS OF HEROISM AND BRAVERY Copyright, 1920, by Harper & Brothers Printed in the United States of America E-V CONTENTS PAGE I. FIELD AND TRENCH ORDEALS “And a Few Marines” 1 Forward Lancers 10 An Unparalleled Hero 13 The Nemesis of Flame 18 He Jests at Scars 20 Epic of the Foreign Legion 27 “Doc” of the Fifth 32 Couldn’t Stop Them 35 One of Our Boys 41 Guthrie of the Kilties 44 Not So Unspeakable 47 The Medical Corps 48 Some Red Cross Weaklings 49 “Eh! Men, ’Twas Grand!” 55 One Survived 57 Tank Man Talks 58 The Garibaldi Code 62 The Bald Facts 65 O’Leary Stepped In 71 When the Yanks Went In 74 Humor and Heroism 79 England’s Indian Warriors 85 A Lively Introduction 92 A Valiant Gentleman 95 Where Denominations End 100 Buckeyes or Spearheads 103 Corporal Holmes’ Way 106 Not Dead But Fighting 109 When the Light Failed 114 The Cloud of Blacks 116 Hubbell Bagged ’Em 121